students – Temple Update

Students React to Shots Fired Near Campus

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:58:12 +0000

Temple University Police sent out an alert to students on Sunday night, March 31, to avoid the 1600 block of Sydenham Street. For the third time this semester, shots were fired among a group of teens and pre-teens near campus. “I feel like it’s kind of getting out of hand and the security should be a little bit better,” said Shayla Cotterman, a freshman living on campus.

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Temple In Process of General Education Reform

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 19:56:29 +0000

Temple University is in the process of reforming its General Education curriculum. A task force team is currently gathering information from students, faculty, and administrators to review possible changes to the program. “We started the process of a review in the fall of 2022 when we did a big self-study, just taking a look at how the program was working from our perspective internally,”…

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Temple Students Give New Life to Plastic Bags

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:30:34 +0000

The Sleeping Mat Project is an initiative launched by Integrate for Good, an organization founded by Temple alum, Dr. Bev Weinberg. Volunteers get together to weave plastic bags into sleeping mats for unhoused people, repurposing a harmful pollutant to better the lives of those in need. “We bring people of all abilities together to lead and volunteer so there’s that inclusion piece and then…

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National Transfer Student Week

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:53:50 +0000

It’s National Transfer Student Week. In years past Temple has held multiple events on campus for these transfer students. Last year, main campus events like the dinner meetup, secret spot tour, and the swag swap and knowledge drop. This week, Temple Ambler held a breakfast event welcoming all the new transferees. Just about 8% of the entire student body are transfer students.

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Active Minds: “Don’t Fret, Pet”

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:38:36 +0000

As this semester comes to an end, the Active Minds club offered its students a free event called “Don’t Fret, Pet” to help them destress as finals are quickly approaching. On April 20th from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Student Activities Center students were welcomed to partake in different creative activities such as making origami, playing with playdough, creating personalized memo boards as…

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Nice Weather On Campus

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 18:09:59 +0000

For the past few weeks, there’s been a lot of rain and cold weather, but this week we finally got to experience some warmth, and students definitely took advantage of the higher temps on campus. A few students talked about how they felt about the return of the sunshine. Students got a chance to walk all around campus as the sun made a promising comeback with temperatures in the high 70s and…

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War Disrupts Education in Ukraine

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 21:02:42 +0000

As we surpass a month since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, over 4 million Ukrainian refugees have fled to neighboring countries including Poland, Romania, and the Republic of Moldova. Many of those who have crossed borders to escape the country are university students whose education has been disrupted by the war. Some universities in Ukraine have resumed class instruction online…

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“Match Day” Excitement at Katz

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 20:46:41 +0000

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University held its annual Match Day for graduating class of 2022 medical students to find out where they’ll spend the next few years at their chosen residency programs. Medical schools all over the country gather for this festive moment as students to find out where they are placed in their residency. Students with their friends…

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Temple Easing Mask Mandate

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 16:37:08 +0000

For the first time in over two years, Temple University will be partially lifting its mask mandate. This comes after the city of Philadelphia dropped its indoor mask mandate for most establishments. The university updated its mask guidance earlier this week, announcing that masks will be optional in dining halls, residential halls, the Liacouras Center, residential halls, common areas…

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Connecting Community and Med Students

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 14:14:13 +0000

Two Temple University seniors, Zakaria M. Alyan and Shakibur Rahman started an organization called the Health-Link Society (HLS). The organization’s mission is to help students in varying healthcare fields who missed out on professional experiences during the pandemic. Co-founder and COO of HLS, Shakibur Rahman explains that community is at the heart of their operation. “It’s a community…

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